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Week of drunkenness: kaiseki with French reds
As the end of the year approaches, we are also counting down towards the last couple of our MNSC dinners. Tonight Juliano a.k.a. Mr Mars graciously hosted us at Kaiseki Den by Saotome (懐石 さおとめ) -...
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Week of drunkenness: Sine Qua Non toast, part 3
Roughly 6 months after our last gathering, our organizer once again rallied the troops for another tasting of Sine Qua Non wines. Originally we had been promised seats at the tasting organized for the...
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Week of drunkenness: A Night Among the Stars
The 10th edition of the Michelin Red Guide for Hong Kong and Macau was rolled out today, and in conjunction with the announcement, title partner Melco Resorts and Entertainment once again hosted a gala...
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Week of drunkenness: cinq chariots
Thanks to some last minute work, I ended up checking out of the Countdown Hotel a little late. Coupled with the shitty taxi situation in Macau, this meant that I was a few minutes late to my lunch...
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Week of drunkenness: young and old rieslings
Three hours after I finished my 4-hour lunch at Robuchon au Dôme, I found myself sitting down to dinner at The 8 Restaurant (8餐廳). Despite having taken a broken nap in the room that the Grand Lisboa...
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Year end catchup
The end of the year is fast approaching, so my friendly neighborhood prime broker once again arranged for a lunch to catch up. The venue this year was China Tang (唐人館), and as I haven't been back in...
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Ro ro for birthday
If one's fondness of a particular restaurant is measured solely by the frequency of visits, then Neighborhood must be my favorite restaurant in the whole world - as I generally make about 10 visits per...
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Impromptu sushi
A friend is in town from Beijing and in dire need of some good food. The request came for sushi, and with such a last-minute request for a Monday, Hello Kitty decided to book us seats at Sushi Ima...
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Michelin star after Star Wars
It was past 9:30 p.m. when we tried to look for a place to have dinner in Kwun Tong. I had just come out of a premiere of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and figured we should stay inside apm. With many...
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Durian and French food
I had big plans for tonight. I was re-introducing Petrus at the Island Shangri-La to not only Hello Kitty but also to Mr and Mrs Birdiegolf. It's been a few months since we last had a meal together,...
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Days of burning tongue day 1: Ice, Ice, baby
I'm back in Bangkok for a long weekend, eating my way around town again (so what else is new?)... Having not had breakfast and only shitty airplane food for lunch, I was pretty hungry when we checked...
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Days of burning tongue day 2: more Ice
Our stay at the Mandarin Oriental Bangkok during this trip was a short one, so we decided to stay in this morning and had our Thai breakfast at The Verandah. The temperature was pretty cool this...
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Days of burning tongue day 2: goo goo Gaa Gaa
Our exploration of Bangkok restaurant continues, and we were checking another restaurant off our list. In addition to running his namesake restaurant, our friend Gaggan Anand has also helped a few...
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Days of burning tongue day 3: two trips across town
We left our hotel a little early so that Hello Kitty could make her obligatory stop at Erawan Shrine, which was just up the road. We then crossed the street to Gaysorn Village, where we camped out at...
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Days of burning tongue day 3: Christmas in Bangkok
So... tonight was the whole reason for our short trip to Bangkok... the GohGan Christmas party - the 7th iteration of the collaboration between Gaggan Anand and Fukuyama "Goh" Takeshi (福山剛) dubbed...
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Noodle trumps pigeon
A friend is in town all the way from the Big Apple, and we figured that we should take him out for a nice Cantonese dinner. Chili Shrimp Girl was also in town for the holidays, so the four of us book...
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A feast before Christmas
L is back in town for Christmas, and when she planned her trip two months ago, she demanded that I take her to Uwe while she's in town. So I dutifully booked a table, then added an extra seat at our...
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AC x2
It's almost the end of the year, and I had originally not planned any big meals after going through a quiet Christmas. But The AC is coming through town again, and after meeting up with him exactly a...
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Slaughtering fat sheep, part 3
This is a rant. I'm not going to describe all the delicious food I had tonight at one of my (former) favorite restaurants. I'm too pissed off by the unprofessional service to care. I was really...
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The best dishes I had in 2017
So... at the end of last year I finally succumbed to publishing my first "best of" list for the dishes I enjoyed in 2016. As friends are now publishing their "best 9" on Instagram and "best" lists, I...
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